Oh, please give me a break! I don’t speak the language That divide and categorize I don’t take pride in belonging to the groups It’s a sheer hypocrisy to which I won’t stoop I speak the language – the language of smile The universal language, yes, that is mine
Oh, please give me a break! I don’t belong to a certain country, region or a state The whole world is my home Where I’d like to freely roam Discrimination is figment of feeble mind Which make human, inhuman and blind And hinder the progress of entire mankind.
Shahid Khan works at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) and loves writing, especially poetry. He likes to express himself through various poetic forms. So far he has written poems in poetic forms like English Ghazal, Haiku, Tanka, Rondel (French Form), Triolet, Acrostic and Etheree beside other popular forms. His poems have appeared in many national and international publications. He contributes regularly with his poems and articles for an online magazine “Reflection W&R Mag”.
I feel so compelled to understand every single word, and then the things I miss hurt, leave an emptiness, make me feel deceived. so I am left wondering if a smile is enough. I guess it had better be because so many of these other barriers are persistent.
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I was so much into you That I lost my friends, My family and most importantly Myself. My dear you, You hurt me so much That I lost you, And I lost myself too. I was depressed, tensed here You
I had a dream last night. It was very concise but interesting. Rather revelatory, but not prophetic in the usual way. There was a class with a facilitator encouraging input based on a lesson plan provided to the class. I,
Voltage charges power lines’ high wires All honest men die liers Her electric current runs tight by pliers My fires burn, they breathe, ash, and smoke Held so tightly I couldn’t help it my hand broke Shattered into a million
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I feel so compelled to understand every single word, and then the things I miss hurt, leave an emptiness, make me feel deceived. so I am left wondering if a smile is enough. I guess it had better be because so many of these other barriers are persistent.